Cultivator-shovel.



J P. STANZA. I OULTIVATOR SHOVEL.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV E, 1908.

Patented Nov. 22

W7 flu/09011415 a JOHN P. STANZA, 0F EATON, OHIO.

CULTIVATOR-SHOVEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Application fi1ed November 5, 1908. Seria1 No. 461,163.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J 011x P. STANZA, a citizen of the United States,residing. at Eaton, in the county of Preble and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivator Shovels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention provides an implement particularly designed forcultivating tobacco, cotton or other crops necessitating frequentcultivation to prevent the growth of weeds and to thoroughly loosen thesoil so that the roots may penetrate the same and derive nourishment toproduce a stocky and vigorous plant.

The invention provides a shovel which may be used in connection with astandard or plow of any make or description and which in operation willcut under the soil in a way to thoroughly eradicate weeds and likeobjectionable growths and at the same time loosen and pulverize thesoil.

WVhile the invention may be adapted to different forms and conditions bychanges in the structure and minor details without departing from thespirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment ofthe invention is shown in the accompanying drawings.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, of the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cultivator shovel embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shovel blade. Fig. 3 is adetail view of the foot to which the shovel blade is adapted to befitted.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

In the practical embodiment of the invention the shovel blade comprisestwo Wings 1 which are oppositely inclined from a medial line, theinclination being rearwardly, downwardly and outwardly. The shovel blademay be cast or may be formed of plate steel cut into an approximatelyV-form and bent on a medial line to cause the two wings to similarlyincline, substantially as herein set forth and as indicated in thedrawings.

Detachably secured to the lower end of55 the standard 2, as by a bolt 5,is a shank 4- having a laterally extending cap piece 3, the uppersurface of which is inclined downwardly in opposite directions and towhich is attached the shovel blade, in any substantial way. The upperedge of the shovel blade preferably overlaps and bears against theinclined exterior wall of the cap piece 3. By such a construction,shovel blades of different sizes may be supported on said cap piece. Inpractice, any number of shovel blades may be employed and secured to aframework, the arrangement being such as to have the shovel bladesslightly overlap to insure a thorough cultivation and removal of weedsand like growths.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

The combination with a standard, of a shank detachably secured to thelower end of the standard and provided with a substantially triangularlaterally extending cap piece, the upper surface of which is inclineddownwardly in opposite directions, and a shovel blade open at its rearend and provided with oppositely inclined wings overlapping the inclinedside walls of the cap piece and having their rear edges disposed flushwith the rear edges of said cap piece,

the cap piece being constructed to cooperate

